Thread: New Labor Secretary Pick (La Raza, MALDEF) - R. Alexander Acosta

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This is very sad - very sad, indeed.

Not only does this President need to clear out any people friendly/close/a part of President Obama's administration - but President Bush's as well.

President Obama's immigration program was just an extension of President Bush's.

Originally Posted by nntrixie

This is very sad - very sad, indeed.

Not only does this President need to clear out any people friendly/close/a part of President Obama's administration - but President Bush's as well.

President Obama's immigration program was just an extension of President Bush's.

I disagree. While both Obama and Bush were not good on the immigration issue and both supported amnesty, Obama was by far worse on the issue.

The Obama administration carried out a policy of de facto amnesty for millions through executive policy decisions. His administration systematically gutted effective immigration enforcement policies, moved aggressively against State and local governments that attempted to enforce immigration laws, and stretched the concept of prosecutorial discretion to a point where it had rendered many immigration laws meaningless.

So, in summary, I don't think it's fair to say, "President Obama's immigration program was just an extension of President Bush's." I don't even have to do a history search to know Obama was by far worse than any President that has sit in the White House during my lifetime.

Anyone who doesn't think Pres. Bush was as dangerous on immigration as Pres. Obama just wasn't paying attention when he was in office.

One of his first stated goals was giving amnesty to them.

He also pushed for housing loans for the illegals.

The Border Patrol was hamstrung under President Bush.

He called them 'hardworking people just looking for a better life'.

He said, 'they are just doing the work Americans won't do.'

He said, 'family values doesn't end at the border'

He talked of 'bringing them out of the shadows'.

He pushed very hard for the amnesty bill.

You also have to realize he was the 'point man' so to speak on this. Pres. Obama just carried it on adding to it. President Bush softened us up for the next part of the diabolical agenda.

Many didn't want to see or hear what he was doing as he was a 'Republican' and if we admitted he was as bad as the 'other side', what did we have left?

If this election did anything for us, it showed us absolutely we do not have a two-party system - at least not in Washington.

Originally Posted by nntrixie

Anyone who doesn't think Pres. Bush was as dangerous on immigration as Pres. Obama just wasn't paying attention when he was in office.

One of his first stated goals was giving amnesty to them.

He also pushed for housing loans for the illegals.

The Border Patrol was hamstrung under President Bush.

He called them 'hardworking people just looking for a better life'.

He said, 'they are just doing the work Americans won't do.'

He said, 'family values doesn't end at the border'

He talked of 'bringing them out of the shadows'.

He pushed very hard for the amnesty bill.

You also have to realize he was the 'point man' so to speak on this. Pres. Obama just carried it on adding to it. President Bush softened us up for the next part of the diabolical agenda.

Many didn't want to see or hear what he was doing as he was a 'Republican' and if we admitted he was as bad as the 'other side', what did we have left?

If this election did anything for us, it showed us absolutely we do not have a two-party system - at least not in Washington.

I still strongly disagree with your assessment. Provide a list for what Obama's done and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.

Related:

https://www.alipac.us/f9/senate-conf...acosta-346499/